US judge strikes down Trump order against law firm Jenner & Block

    By David Thomas (Reuters) -A U.S. judge in Washington on Friday overturned President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting law firm Jenner & Block, dealing another setback to his administration’s crackdown on prominent firms that represented Trump’s political adversaries or employed lawyers who investigated him in the past. Trump’s order had suspended security clearances for Jenner’s…

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      Trump’s tariff blitz prompts ‘firefighting’ response from Fed researchers

      By Howard Schneider, Ann Saphir WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -U.S. Federal Reserve staffers have scrambled since January to decipher what Trump administration trade policies will mean for the economy, with published tallies of potential income losses, inflation estimates running as much as 2 percentage points higher, and breakdowns showing state-by-state winners and losers. The research papers…

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        Long advantageous, Harvard’s China ties become a political liability

        By Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Harvard University’s links to China, long an asset to the school, have become a liability as the Trump administration levels accusations that its campus is plagued by Beijing-backed influence operations. On Thursday the administration moved to revoke Harvard’s ability to enroll foreign students, saying it fostered antisemitism and coordinated with…

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